Kathan Dushyant Shukla

Kathan Dushyant Shukla is an Associate Professor at the Ravi J. Matthai Centre for Educational Innovation, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad. He also serves as the faculty chair for the School Leadership Certificate Programme offered by the institute.

Kathan completed his PhD from the University of Virginia in the Educational Research, Statistics and Evaluation programme. He has worked as a postdoctoral fellow and taught educational statistics at the University of Virginia.

Kathan’s research emphasises the synergy of methodological rigour and in-depth substantive inquiry of educational problems. Methodologically, his research focuses on the applications of latent variable modelling, educational testing & measurement, and scale development and validation.

His primary substantive interest lies in the social and emotional climate in schools, and students’ academic and psychological wellbeing. Kathan has published several research papers in high-impact international journals and is currently working on projects for improving the socio-emotional experiences of children and teachers in schools.

Recently, he has been involved in research, capacity building, and policy consultation with several Indian states, including Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Delhi, Punjab, Jammu & Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh, and Gujarat.